turning a july 4th parade into a mad dash for survival. police say the fgunman fired frm a rooftop. witnesses describe the confusion and chaos. i thought for a second maybe it was fire crackers. you ve heard before people aren t sure what it is, but it was too fast and too quick, and my son said no, that s gunfire. we turned and ran and i pushed my son s wheelchair, and the wheelchair collapsed on the pavement. he toppled over and i fell. it happened again. and then my young son picks up my older son and ran. we ran for our lives. six were killed. dozens more wounded. the video shows police apprehending a man described as a suspect and a person of interest. we re getting details this hour including about the weapon. what authorities call a high-powered rifle. the highland park mayor says the shooter bought the gun legally. that s despite a growing body of online evidence of disturbing posts from this man fantasizing about carnage and carrying out attacks and even suicide
today we have been watching put together these pal ettepale. this is 1.5 million eight ounce bol bottles of infant formula. i m pamela brown. you re in the cnn newsroom. we re following several major stories. extreme weather across america. a town in michigan sifting through the wreckage of a deadly tornado while more than half the country bakes in record heat. two u.s. military planes are set to fly supplies from germany to the u.s. tonight to help ease america s baby formula shortage. also tonight, fbi is sounding the alarm on so calmed sex sex-tortion scams. suze orman tells you how to protect your money. baking and battering much of the country. moments that must have felt like an ternty. a tornado reduces a small town neighborhood into a debris field. two people are dead and 44 injured. today heat advisories cover 35 million people from philadelphia to new york to boston. in new mexico, the largest wildfire in the state history is now burning into its 6th
Leader keir starmer on voting age. Yes, this is something keir starmer said labour wants to do and is aware has been Labour Policy for a while now but while were into Election Campaign now, we dont know what will make into their manifesto but now he has signalled this move towards giving rise to 16 year olds are something he wants to happen as he has seen happen in other nations and clearly thinks its a good idea. No indication yet if the tory party will be following suit but the main theme today has been around the economy. Keir starmer has also been speaking about that when speaking to voters in the West Midlands. He said the stable economy would be the first thing the Labour Government would focus on. With the conservatives as well, sunak was during a meeting with voters in the north today and we heard from jeremy hunt who did an interview with the Daily Telegraph and said tax cuts for working people would be what the conservative government if re elected would focus on. The backdro
A number one priority. Here is our Political Correspondent helen catt. Here is our Political Correspondent helen catt. The Labour Leader arriving at a Football Club in the West Midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a Labour Government would do. Stability now is change its strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming Labour Government and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. It comes at a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the countrys finances if elected. For rishi sunak, a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. He answered some gentle concern about his drenching in Downing Street. It was wet. The amount of people that gave me an umbrella over the last couple of days. But no questions from journalists instead a Treasury Minister defended